Garbology - Softcover
A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist takes readers on a surprising tour of America's biggest export, our most prodigious product, and our greatest legacy: our trash The average American produces 102 tons of garbage across a lifetime and $50 billion in squandered riches are rolled to the curb each year. But our bins are just the starting point for a strange, impressive, mysterious, and costly journey that may also represent the greatest untapped opportunity of the century. In Garbology, Edward Humes investigates trash-what's in it; how much we pay for it; how we manage to create so much of it; and how some families, communities, and even nations are finding a way back from waste to discover a new kind of prosperity. Along the way , he introduces a collection of garbage denizens unlike anyone you've ever met: the trash-tracking detectives of MIT, the bulldozer-driving sanitation workers building Los Angeles' Garbage Mountain landfill, the artists residing in San Francisco's dump, and the family whose annual trash output fills not a dumpster or a trash can, but a single mason jar.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherAvery (Penguin Group)
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1620906600
- ISBN 13 9781620906606
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages268
- Rating
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
Stock Image
Garbology
Published by
Avery (Penguin Group)
(2012)
ISBN 10: 1620906600
ISBN 13: 9781620906606
Used
Softcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Seller Inventory # D01A-03426
Buy Used
US$ 6.89
Convert currency
Stock Image
Garbology
Published by
Avery (Penguin Group)
(2012)
ISBN 10: 1620906600
ISBN 13: 9781620906606
Used
Softcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Seller Inventory # 5615426-6
Buy Used
US$ 7.35
Convert currency
Stock Image
Garbology
Published by
Avery (Penguin Group)
(2012)
ISBN 10: 1620906600
ISBN 13: 9781620906606
Used
paperback
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description paperback. Condition: Very Good. Great used condition. A portion of your purchase of this book will be donated to non-profit organizations.Over 1,000,000 satisfied customers since 1997! Choose expedited shipping (if available) for much faster delivery. Delivery confirmation on all US orders. Seller Inventory # 10823771
Buy Used
US$ 7.39
Convert currency
Stock Image
Garbology
Published by
Avery (Penguin Group)
(2012)
ISBN 10: 1620906600
ISBN 13: 9781620906606
Used
Softcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: Good. SHIPS FROM USA. Used books have different signs of use and do not include supplemental materials such as CDs, Dvds, Access Codes, charts or any other extra material. All used books might have various degrees of writing, highliting and wear and tear and possibly be an ex-library with the usual stickers and stamps. Dust Jackets are not guaranteed and when still present, they will have various degrees of tear and damage. All images are Stock Photos, not of the actual item. book. Seller Inventory # 3-1620906600-G
Buy Used
US$ 18.33
Convert currency
Seller Image
Garbology: Our Dirty Love Affair with Trash
Published by
Avery / Penguin Group (USA) Inc., New York
(2012)
ISBN 10: 1620906600
ISBN 13: 9781620906606
Used
Soft cover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Minor wear along the edges, tips, and along the spine. Minor rubbing wear to covers. Slight discoloration to pages. Seller Inventory # 112599
Buy Used
US$ 49.99
Convert currency